Hi, I'm Helena "Ellie" Huizenga, a writer, editor, and journalist whose reporting and essays have appeared in Sierra Magazine,  Earth Island Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, Business Insider, and Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine.

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Before going freelance, I spent four years on Zapier's editorial team, working my way up from writer to content manager, and learning how to turn complicated topics into engaging, easy-to-understand stories. Now I put that experience to work as editorial manager of the Mystro newsletter and as a writer for teams like Circle. I'm also pursuing my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Hamline University, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about the stories we tell our kids and the world we're handing them.

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I've never been very good at sitting still. In the last decade, I've moved to three cities, lived in a van for nearly a year, had two boys, left a comfortable corporate job, and gone back to school. I used to think all that restlessness was a character flaw. And in many ways it is. But it's also why I ask questions, chase new experiences, and let myself be uncomfortable. I write about the environment and motherhood not because I have it figured out, but because I definitely, in fact, do not.